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Keeper Deb hand raised Tisga, the Fennec Fox, since he was just hours old but now she has to say goodbye. He's off to Adelaide Zoo to start a new family.
Four new Cheetah cubs have just been born in Dubbo, but mum is having trouble adjusting to her new family. Will she harm them? And why are two of the cubs so special?
An injured Peregrine Falcon has just arrived at Taronga with a broken wing and unable to fly. Will vets be able to fix his wing so that he can once again fly at speeds of over 200km per hour?
There is a lion love triangle at Werribee Zoo with two brothers fights for the affection of Jarrah the Lioness. How will nature and keepers determine who the better lion is?
Hsing Hsing, Perth Zoo’s 33 year old Orang-utan has a sore eye. A specialist in the human eye is called in to see what the problem is and the prognosis isn’t good.
Two powerful Owls have been bought in to the Vet Hospital at Taronga and have been paired together, with the hope of being released.
Tony the much loved Giraffe is suffering from arthritis, and is in constant pain. The keepers decide to try something else new - Giraffe acupuncture.
Keepers are thrilled when Binjai the Sumatran Tiger’s 4 cubs are born but just a few weeks later vets have to call in an Animal Neurologist. Two of the cubs are having problems.
November 2016
Vets must perform an emergency caesarean to save the lives of one of the zoo’s rarest animals and her unborn pups. But even if the Asian wild dog pups survive, their mother may not recognise them as her own.
Keepers are racing to save the life of a young Antarctic leopard seal who’s washed up on an isolated beach. He’s injured, starving and thousands of kilometres from home.
Vets must operate on Njanu, the giraffe, to stop him becoming lame. At five metres tall with a kick that could kill a lion, Njanu won’t willingly go to the vet, so the vet must come to him.
A vet team is about to attempt the world’s first rhino IVF to help save the endangered species. Rocket the rhino weighs just over a tonne and it will be a struggle just to get her to the operating table.
Keepers are watching closely as Libya the fennec fox is due to give birth any day. Libya’s partner is very old so this may be her last chance to be a mum.
Victoria the sun bear has broken her tooth. It will take more than honey to get her to the dentist.
For the first time in Australia, the birth of a baby gorilla is captured on camera – something that has never been done in the wild.
For the first time in Australia, vets attempt to make an elephant pregnant by science alone. A Kangaroo and her Joey come into the Healesviile Sanctuary after being caught in barbed wire fence.
A lion cub has a sore shoulder and the vets must discover why. Then, two white rhinos are introduced and the keepers are hoping for a pregnancy.
A Tiger needs an operation at Taronga Western Plains Zoo for a broken tooth and a very ill pelican arrives at Taronga Wildlife Hospital.